CyHawk Series Extended

[guffus]

You got the reply we all knew was coming . . . "well if other schools make stupid decisions the least we can do is be equally stupid."

I always want to reply to these folks with, "if other teams cheat or cover-up for a Sandusky (like MSU/OSU/PSU) should we follow their lead?"

How in the world does an Iowa fan expressing a desire not play FCS schools equate to anything you just suggested? If anything, I am asking Iowa to perform to a higher standard than than what the normal crowd does.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Seriously? This is the game you have a problem with? Not Miami-OH or Middle Tenn St? Not UNI or any of the other FCS schools that are now back on future schedules?

For crying out loud. IOWA at the very least needs to get rid of the FCS games before Iowa even begins to talk about getting rid of Iowa St from the schedule.

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[dahlhawk]

The game is fine but it would be great if they played it every other year. Then there could be some other things mixed in. As it sits, it's the same damned thing every year.

Face it with the nature of college football teams are gonna pad home wins, and shitty teams take the payday. All programs do it, but if we are gonna play a team we might lose to I'd rather play a team that draws national interest, not just local. There are so many teams I'd love Iowa to play (Notre Dame, SEC, many others) but no way will Iowa schedule these teams with Iowa State on the schedule. Iowa doesn't owe the clowns anything.

 

[uihawk82]

How in the world does an Iowa fan expressing a desire not play FCS schools equate to anything you just suggested? If anything, I am asking Iowa to perform to a higher standard than than what the normal crowd does.

I am ok playing UNI as a FCS team once in awhile because it gives a sister in-state school a big payday. Many times they have a very good team and are a decent test.

 

[uihawk82]

Boring? Were you there last year? If so, you are the only one who was bored! Did you see the players after the game? They were ecstatic about the win!

I was not there last year. I have had season tickets for over 45 years but I now have a beautiful granddaughter who lives around Seattle with a birthday on Sept 7. I have been missing the first couple of games for several years now.

Another poster who agrees with me uses a better word which is 'stale'. I want to see other teams uniforms, colors, coaches, cheerleaders, etc in Kinnick rather that mustard and ketchup. The game two years ago has a bunch of great hawk highlights yes but I would like to see some other teams in Kinnick and the hawks go win at other places.

 

[dahlhawk]

Have no problem playing a UNI or Ball State out the chute, but I would love to have at least one match up pre-Big that I'd skip work for. AND I wouldn't have to listen to Clown fans! Win/win!

 

[Oldmanhawk]

This is the absolute dumbest game in college football. It will always be a lose/lose for Iowa.

If the Hawks win it means nothing because we should always win on paper. Better recruiting classes, more money, more facilities, bigger coaching payroll, yadda yadda.

Hawks lose then they got beat by a shitbird team with less talented recruiting classes, less money, less facilities, and a smaller coaching payroll.

This game can eat shit for eternity.

This is one of the worst posts I’ve seen....10-15 years ago sure..playing ISU was a lose/lose scenario..‘This year ISU will enter the game ranked ahead of Iowa. As much as it pains me to see, Campbell is turning that program around and quickly and respectably. Maybe you haven’t visited isu lately but their facilities are solid with $80 million in upgrades coming as well...and while they don’t get BIG money the big 12 does better than ACC and PAC $$..

When it comes to $$, facilities, recruiting, the gap is not that much.

I can think of far worse teams to beat up on annually that would do nothing for Iowa’s schedule..at least isu under Campbell is respectable.

 

[Fryowa]

When it comes to $$, facilities, recruiting, the gap is not that much.

Your post was salvageable until this stupidity right here.

You’re living on nitrous oxide if you believe any of that to be true.

 

[Fryowa]

I was not there last year. I have had season tickets for over 45 years but I now have a beautiful granddaughter who lives around Seattle with a birthday on Sept 7. I have been missing the first couple of games for several years now.

As someone who never met my grandparents because all four died before I was born, do this shit as much as you can please. Hawkeye football can be on in the background when you’re catching up with your granddaughter.

 

[uihawk82]

As someone who never met my grandparents because all four died before I was born, do this shit as much as you can please. Hawkeye football can be on in the background when you’re catching up with your granddaughter.

Oh for sure. And with streaming tv services I can watch the game, we have access to tv from many locations

 

[Northside Hawk]

As someone who never met my grandparents because all four died before I was born, do this shit as much as you can please. Hawkeye football can be on in the background when you’re catching up with your granddaughter.

I lost one before I was born, another when I was a toddler. A third was an alcoholic who was allowed little contact with my sister and I. The fourth, who passed away when I was 25, made up for the other three. She came along on all of our family vacations and loved baseball. She would make sure I was able to go to a Cubs game once a year. We've taken our kids to games in Milwaukee, St. Louis, the Twin Cities and Denver. My first grandson was born in November. I've already told his father to get him a baseball glove early. And to learn how to hit a change up.

 

[Hawknigh]

There is nothing like attending a few of the in-state rivalry games to burn passion and team loyalty into our young fans! For that reason alone, we should keep the Cy-Hawk game.

 

[karras]

Thumbs down. Game does nothing for us.

What does an FCS game do for us?

 

[westender]

I’m 38. If I wanted to watch something as boring as turning left for 17 hours straight I’d buy a Bundesliga subscription.

I will say it’s impressive how they can keep a dip in and yell boogity at the same time.

Golf, it is not. They should have just run the races at Daytona, Bristol and Talladega and an occasional Darlingh. Have always wanted to do one of the drives where they let you get it up to 160 mph or so on one of the participating tracks. Only went to one race, Daytona back in 1999 and was just unbelievable watching cars pushing each other up close at around 200mph. One of those deals where TV doesn't do it justice, including the banking in the turns.

"You don't get it, there is no upside to playing the Clones."



Ya wanna know what NO UPSIDE looks like?


NDSU 239 yards rushing and Iowa had 34 yards rushing. Pretty much the story right there.

 

[Northside Hawk]

Golf, it is not. They should have just run the races at Daytona, Bristol and Talladega and an occasional Darlingh. Have always wanted to do one of the drives where they let you get it up to 160 mph or so on one of the participating tracks. Only went to one race, Daytona back in 1999 and was just unbelievable watching cars pushing each other up close at around 200mph. One of those deals where TV doesn't do it justice, including the banking in the turns.

I once read where the turns at Daytona are banked 31 degrees. The steepest street in Dubuque, part of which doesn't even get plowed in the winter, is 26 degrees.

If an average person tried to run up that banking from the apron to the fence they would be sucking wind by the third or fourth trip. The G-Forces of going through one of those turns would cause an unacclimated person to lose consciousness.

I stopped watching NASCAR two or three decades ago but do have respect for the physical and mental condition those drivers have to be in. They can easily lose fifteen lbs in a typical race.

 

[uihawk82]

"You don't get it, there is no upside to playing the Clones."

Ya wanna know what NO UPSIDE looks like?

Shit happens and NDSU was a very good team all those years. They beat multiple D1 teams including a good K State team back then. IIRC 2016 was somewhat underwhelming for the hawks yet explain how that team can turn around and beat #3 Michigan. Did KF and the coaches and players play NDSU too conservatively.

 

[FUISU]

Heard the reason why they only extended it to 2025 was because that's when the B12 will have its television rights under contract. If Texas jets, the B12 folds....

Be nice if there was only four power conferences made up of 16 teams. No OOC games, just B1G vs B1G and a automatic berth to the 4 team playoffs... No more ISU, dear lord please.

 

[Fryowa]

I once read where the turns at Daytona are banked 31 degrees. The steepest street in Dubuque, part of which doesn't even get plowed in the winter, is 26 degrees.

If an average person tried to run up that banking from the apron to the fence they would be sucking wind by the third or fourth trip. The G-Forces of going through one of those turns would cause an unacclimated person to lose consciousness.

I stopped watching NASCAR two or three decades ago but do have respect for the physical and mental condition those drivers have to be in. They can easily lose fifteen lbs in a typical race.

I appreciate and respect the skill and ability it takes to be good at racing stock cars. I could not do it.

But skill and talent level doesn’t always translate to excitement or interest level for me. Soccer takes immense athleticism, stamina, and coordination, and I know there are nuances to the game, but watching a soccer match go 0-0 after 90 minutes of booting a ball back and forth and not even coming close to scoring (let alone the ridiculous flopping) is just painful. Watching a beach ball get bounced around the stands at a football game is way more exciting to me (and strangely enough is less random than a soccer ball changing possession. I know people say the same thing about baseball; that’s their honest viewpoint and I’m ok with it.

 

[Northside Hawk]

I appreciate and respect the skill and ability it takes to be good at racing stock cars. I could not do it.

But skill and talent level doesn’t always translate to excitement or interest level for me. Soccer takes immense athleticism, stamina, and coordination, and I know there are nuances to the game, but watching a soccer match go 0-0 after 90 minutes of booting a ball back and forth and not even coming close to scoring (let alone the ridiculous flopping) is just painful. Watching a beach ball get bounced around the stands at a football game is way more exciting to me (and strangely enough is less random than a soccer ball changing possession. I know people say the same thing about baseball; that’s their honest viewpoint and I’m ok with it.

Any NASCAR interest I had went out the window in the 1990's when Corporate America hitched it's buggy wagon to Jeff Gordon and classic tracks like Darlington. Rockingham, and North Wilkesboro were reduced on the schedule or abandoned completely. In favor of superspeedways from Chicago to Kansas to Texas to Vegas.

Pit strategy wins many of today's races. And engine setups, avoiding wrecks and draft, draft, draft. Booooooooring! But it's good that you respect the drivers themselves for their skill. The hand eye coordination at that speed has to be unbelievable. And the courage.

 

[westender]

I once read where the turns at Daytona are banked 31 degrees. The steepest street in Dubuque, part of which doesn't even get plowed in the winter, is 26 degrees.

If an average person tried to run up that banking from the apron to the fence they would be sucking wind by the third or fourth trip. The G-Forces of going through one of those turns would cause an unacclimated person to lose consciousness.

I stopped watching NASCAR two or three decades ago but do have respect for the physical and mental condition those drivers have to be in. They can easily lose fifteen lbs in a typical race.

Yes it is steep. If you tried walking up them would have to maneuver and lean carefully and it would be work. Just couldn't believe it in person compared to how it looks on tv.